The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1887-07-16
A SERMON ON MONEY MAKERS.
The Model Business Man-The Love of
Money-The Temptations OF
Wealth, &c.

Rev. A. G. Dixon, pastor of Emmanuel Baptist
Church, Baltimore, on Sunday afternoon last
preached a sermon on "The Money Makers" the
text being "Not slothful in business; fervent in
spirit; serving the Lord" He said: "The text
describes model business man. There is no
place on Gods active earth for lazy man. Ifhe
is not sothfu in business, and is fervent in spirit
warm hearted, and looks upon the unseen as SUI.
perior to the seen, he serves God He IS not the
proprietor, but the steward of his God. am
thankful that many business men have this stand
ard They fall short, but in their hearts they
want to come up to it. Few come up to this
standard, for there are many tricks OF trade.
tell YOU it takes cool backbone and the grit OF
grace to reach this standard of being straightfor
ward and honest in all dealings. Yet there Is
wisdom in that way of doing business. IL Is more
difficult to be successful in business and taltnfui
to God than to be unsuccessful and faithful You
may think it strange that the man growing rlch
asked Roland Hills prayers; but he needed them
most then. This book tells US those that be rich
fall into many SHARES. / would say to you II you
handle other peoples money, write upon your desk
Seek not to grow rich.'
"There is danger in learning to love money.
Money is the best slave, but the meanst master
that ever enslaved soul. Love of money is the
root of all evil In it are the roots of lust, MUIR
der, theft, lying and pride. tell you II you love
money for itself, you had better cruelty 1t, ana
overcome it.
"Hoarding up money for power is in evil. After
necessities and luxuries have been net, tnen men
want to grasp power. Why does Jay Gould want
more money? He wants more power to control
legislation The Apostle James has something TO
say to such men in the fifth chapter: go to, now,
We rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that
| shall come upon you. Your riches are corrupted,
| and your garments are moth.eaten. Your golai
| and silver is cankered and the rust OF them SNAP
be witness against you, and shall eat youE
for the last days. Their money is rusted. It
must not rust, but be in active USE Money GIT
| doesn't make right.
| GA fourth danger is that love of money temrts
rather to get money than to make it This leads
| to speculation and stock gambling on margins.
tell you, my friends, you afford to be as poor
as poverty, bat you can't afford to use your infu-
ence for gambling on margins and otherwise 1t
means for the young men of the rising generation
life of unhealthy excitement.
| "Another danger is that men learn TO esteem
everybody according to his capacity for money
! getting. Thank God there are some men who live
| for nobler purposes than mere money getting The
! oil things else is to be pitied. 1 knew a man in
one of my congregations, a poor miserable man,
and a member of the church, who would not &c to
church unless his wife would pay him ten cents
although he was worth 1000, because he said he
didn't care to do anything unless there was money
in it. If you make money honestly, you ought to
be grateful to God for the blessing.
| "The last danger is that man who makes
money is apt to imagine that he is specially IA
vored of God. God favors the rich and poor alike
Dives did not go to hell because he was rich, MOI
Lazarus to heaven because he was poor. 0, may
God help all who are perishing in the midst Of
their gold"